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O’BRIEN James - 1868 - 23/09/1868 – Age 31 - Labourer. Polkemmet (ironstone), Shotts Iron Co., Bathgate, Lanarkshire. Fell among machinery taking a ‘short cut’ to the pithead from the enginehouse.

O’BRIEN James - 1869 - 23/12/1869 – Age 38 - Collier. Palmerston Coke and Co., Alfreton, Derbyshire. Fall of roof.

O’BRIEN William - 1864 - 18/10/1864 – Age 13 - Tramway cleaner. Thornley, Thornley, Coal Co., Ferry Hill, Durham. Crushed by tub.

O’CAIN Barnard - 1860 - 14/11/1860 – Age 32 - Hewer. Woodhouse Close, Sir F. McLean Bart, Auckland, Durham. Fall of stone.

O’CONNEL Dennis - 1860 - 28/08/1860 – Age 60 - Fireman. Cwmdare, Thomas Powell and Son, Aberdare, Glamorgan. Fall of roof coal.

O’CONNELL A - 1868 - 09/12/1868 – Age 21 - Collier. Ince Hall, Ince Hall Coal and Cannel Co., Ince, Wigan. Fall of roof.

O’DONNEL Charles - 1862 - 21/06/1862 – Age 40 – Brusher. Westmuir, Robert Gray and Co., Glasgow, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof at the face.

O’DONNELL M - 1867 - 31/08/1867 – Age 28 - Hewer. Crosby, Mulcaster and Co., Seaton Moor, Cumberland. Fall of coal.

O’DONNELL Patrick - 1861 - 31/12/1861 - Collier. Coltness Iron Works, Coltness Iron Co., Motherwell, Lanarkshire. Fall of Coal at face of working.

O’HARA Alexander - 1865 - 25/04/1865 – Age 13 - Drawer. Annbank No.4, TT Gordon, Ayr, Ayrshire.  Fall of roof.

O’HARA John - 1866 - 19/05/1866 – Age 36 – Brusher. Annbank No.4, TF Gordon, Ayr, Ayrshire.  Fall of roof while redding under it.

O’HARE Michael – 1868 - 23/11/1868 – Age 20 - Labourer. St. Helens, Mulcaster and Co., Maryport, Cumberland. Fell from cage.

O’HARU Peter - 1860 - 27/04/1860 – Age 15 - Drawer. Ayrshire.  J.T Gordon Ayr, Ayrshire. Caught by the cage at the bottom of the shaft.

O’NEIL Charles - 1863 - 07/09/1863 – Age 30 - Labourer. Hawhill No.3, James McKenzie, Baillieston, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof.

O’NEIL H. - 1863 - 26/11/1863 - Miner. Crofthead (ironstone), WS Dixon, Wilsontown, Lanarkshire. Cage caught while he was descending and he was pitched out on a scaffold. He died in the infirmary.

O’NEILL James - 1868 - 03/08/1868 – Age 18 - Hewer. Lintz, Gooch and Co., Gateshead, Durham. By stythe (Blackdamp)

O’NEILL John - 1861 - 05/02/1861 – Age 22. Kirkless Hall, Kirkless Hall Coal Co., Wigan, Lancashire. Run over by coal train on branch railway.

OAKAN G. - 1860 - 25/11/1860 – Age 24 - Miner. West Staveley, Messrs. Bainbridge and Co. Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Fall of Coal.

OAKEY John Sharp * - 1865 - 23/04/1865 – Age 32. Low Bitchburn, Durham.

OAKLAND John - 1869 - 19/02/1869 – Age 44 - Deputy. New Haigh, Moor R Hudson and Co., Wakefield, Yorkshire. Fall of roof.

OAKLEY Edward - 1860 - 05/05/1860 – Age 58 - Odd man. Lewisham, Bagnalls, West Bromwich, Staffordshire. Rate from side of gateroad in the thick coal occasioned by a ‘thump’.

OAKLEY J - 1868 - 30/10/1868 – Age 34 - Pikeman. Himley, Earl of Dudley, Kingswinsford, Staffordshire. The Chartermaster and the Deputy were trying to throw some overhanging Coal with levers when suddenly and expectedly a mass of brazils fell killing him. 2 injured.

OAKLEY J. - 1861 - 30/01/1861 - Loader. Oak Farm, Sir S. Glynn, Kingswinsford, Staffordshire. Fall of Coal from a slip in the upper part of the thick coal seam.

OAKLEY John - 1860 - 12/09/1860 – Age 27 - Pikeman. Priestfield, Ward and Son, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire. Fall in fireclay coal whilst at work holing. Caused by double slips or ‘backs’.

OAKLEY John - 1860 - 16/03/1860 – Age 31 - Loader. New Mine, Parker and Halford, Wednesbury, Staffordshire. A mass of thick coal fell on him in a place badly squeezed and so full of chokedamp that it was at great peril I approached near the place.

OAKLEY John - 1867 - 20/07/1867 – Age 24 - Collier. Ripley, Butterley Iron Co., Ripley, Derbyshire. Fall of roof.

OCCLESHAW John - 1869 - 14/09/1869 – Age 61 - Sawyer. Pemberton, John Blundell, Wigan, Lancashire. Struck by piece of timber.

OGDEN J.W. - 1864 - 05/01/1864 – Age 26 - Collier. Hamill, NP Wood, Burslem, Staffordshire. Suffocated by carburetted hydrogen.

OGDEN Samuel - 1864 - 23/06/1864 – Age 24 - Miner. Pilsworth, John Pollitt, Heywood, Lancashire. Suffocated by blackdamp. He climbed over the fence and was overpowered by gas coming from old workings.

OGDEN William - 1863 - 29/08/1863 - Miner. Edge Lane and Dry Clough, Edge Lane and Dry Clough Colliery Co., Oldham, Lancashire. Top Coal falling in Hartford pit.

OGDEN William Henry - 1868 - 08/10/1868 – Age 18 - Pony Driver. Albert John Gerrard, West Houghton, Lancashire. Crushed by waggon. The front end on which he was riding broke.

OGLEY George - 1862 - 08/12/1862. Edmunds Main, Mitchell and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Explosion of inflammable gas and vapours which were given off by a burning Coal seam. 59 killed.

OGLEY William - 1862 - 08/12/1862. Edmunds Main, Mitchell and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Explosion of inflammable gas and vapours which were given off by a burning Coal seam. 59 killed.

OLDFIELD James - 1866 - 13/12/1866. Talk o’th’ Hill, North Stafford Co., Newcastle, Staffordshire. Explosion of gas. 92 killed.

OLDFIELD John - 1866 - 23/01/1866 – Age 20 - Collier. Park Lane, Mercer and Evans, Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of gas. 30 killed.

OLDFIELD Joseph - 1865 - 16/11/1865 – Age 24 - Collier. Renshaw Park, Joseph and G Wells, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Explosion of gas insufficient ventilation in gateroad.

OLDFIELD Robert - 1862 - 08/12/1862. Edmunds Main, Mitchell and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Explosion of inflammable gas and vapours which were given off by a burning Coal seam. 59 killed.

OLIVE Thomas - 1862 - 24/03/1862 – Age 12 - Miner. Radcliffe, Knowles and Hall, Radcliffe, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp in the 3 Yards mine, Green Lane pit. Died 7th Apr.

OLIVER G - 1868 - 21/08/1868 – Age 15 - Hanger-on. Fullwoods End, Messrs. Turley, Coseley, Staffordshire. Was improperly standing at the pit bottom and was struck on the head and killed. Too young for such employment.

OLIVER George - 1861 - 15/10/1861 – Age 45 - Wagon man. Seaham, Marchioness of Londonderry, Seaham, Durham. Crushed by surface waggons on branches.

OLIVER J - 1869 - 10/11/1869 - Collier. Ubberley, Rigby and Co., Hanley, Staffordshire. Explosion of firedamp. 2 killed.

OLIVER J. - 1866 - 28/05/1866 - Collier. Bentley, Chillington Iron Co., Walsall, Staffordshire. Injured 14th Mar in thin Coal mine. Died this day.

OLIVER J. - 1869 - 08/04/1869 – Age 37 - Hooker-on. Dark Lane, Leighton and Grenfell, Wellington, Shropshire. Timber fell on him out of skep.

OLIVER James - 1862 - 16/01/1862 – Age 21. New Hartley, Messrs. Carrs, Hartley, Durham. Entombment due to the breaking of an engine beam which fell down the single shaft. 204 killed.

OLIVER John - 1862 - 17/01/1862 – Age 27. New Hartley, Messrs. Carrs, Seaton Delaval, Durham. Entombment due to breaking of engine beam. 204 killed.

OLIVER John - 1868 - 23/03/1868 – Age 15 – Ponyputter. St. Hilda Wood, Blackett and Co., South Shields, Durham. Crushed by tubs.

OLIVER Peter - 1862 - 17/01/1862 – Age 15. New Hartley, Messrs. Carrs, Seaton Delaval, Durham. Entombment due to breaking of engine beam. 204 killed.

OLIVER Samuel - 1868 - 01/01/1868 – Age 15 - Labourer. Stanton, Nadin and Co., Burton-on-Trent, Derbyshire. Crushed between railway trucks and screen.

OLIVER T. - 1863 - 23/10/1863 – Age 15 - Hooker-on. Old Buffery, W Haden and Son, Dudley, Worcestershire. Found injured at bottom of shaft 22nd. Died this day.

OLIVER W. - 1862 - 04/12/1862. Ivy House, Yates and Co., Hanley, Staffordshire. Explosion of firedamp. 3 killed.

OLIVER William - 1862 - 17/01/1862 – Age 17. New Hartley, Messrs. Carrs, Seaton Delaval, Durham. Entombment due to breaking of engine beam. 204 killed.

OLIVER William - 1862 - 17/01/1862 – Age 56. New Hartley, Messrs. Carrs, Seaton Delaval, Durham. Entombment due to breaking of engine beam. 204 killed.

OLIVER William - 1869 - 15/11/1869 - Collier. Low Hall, Moss Hall Coal Co., Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of gas. 27 killed.

OLLERTON Joseph - 1866 - 16/06/1866 – Age 19 - Drawer. Crow Orchard, Crow Orchard Colliery Co., Ormskirk, Lancashire. Attempting to get out of the cage before it had reached the top.

OLORENSHAW G. - 1862 - 30/01/1862 - Collier. Whaley, J W Boothman, Stockport, Cheshire. Fall of roof.

ONIONS T. - 1868 - 10/07/1868 – Age 38 – Bondsman. Fishley, Fishley Colliery Co., Pelsall, Staffordshire. Fall of roof result of insufficient timbering.

ONIONS William - 1864 - 27/09/1874 - Boy. Madeley Wood (ironstone), John Anstice and Co., Ironbridge, Shropshire. Skip became detached whilst coming up shaft. 9 killed.

OPENSHAW S. - 1860 - 07/04/1860 – Age 30 - Collier. Stoneclough, Knowles and Stott, Stoneclough, Lancashire. Explosion of firedamp in the Trencherbone mine River-side pit. Died 22nd.

ORACHER D. - 1867 - 28/07/1867 – Age 21 - Sinker. Tennochfide, Monkland Iron Co., Holytown, Lanarkshire. Killed by a shot in sinking pit. The match kindled the straw before they had time to get out of harms way. 2 killed.

ORCHARD James - 1865 - 06/11/1865 – Age 30 - Miner. Varteg (ironstone), Partridge and Jones, Varteg, Monmouth. Injured on 4th by fall of stuff from face of workings which pressed so severely on the region of his heart that he died on the 6th.

ORD George - 1861 - 30/03/1861 – Age 11 – Trimmer. Woodhouse Close, Sir C. McLean, Auckland, Durham. Crushed by surface waggons against erections.

ORD John - 1868 - 25/05/1868 – Age 38 - Hewer. North Seaton, Straker Cookson and Co., Blyth, Northumberland. Explosion of gas.

ORME James - 1867 - 08/05/1867 – Age 41 - Collier. Mexbro, Butterley Iron Co., Alfreton, Derbyshire. Fall of roof.

ORME Thomas - 1861 - 03/02/1861 – Age 28 - Miner. Swadlincote, Robinson and Foreman, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Fall of roof.

ORMISHAW Henry - 1862 - 08/03/1862 – Age 14 - Drawer. Rainford, Moss Hall Coal Co., St. Helens, Lancashire. Fall of roof.

ORMISHAW John - 1869 - 15/11/1869 – Age 23 - Fireman. Low Hall, Moss Hall Coal Co., Wigan, Lancashire. Explosion of gas. 27 killed.

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ORMSTON Henry - 1867 - 08/08/1867 – Age 13 - Drawer. Rose Bridge John G Morriss Wigan, Lancashire. Run over by a tub in the upbrow.

ORMSTON James - 1867 - 24/05/1867 – Age 63 – Furnaceman. Walbottle, Lamb and Co., Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland. Overwinding. 2 killed.

ORMSTON John - 1862 – 17/01/1862 – Age 32. New Hartley, Messrs. Carrs, Seaton Delaval, Durham. Entombment due to breaking of engine beam. 204 killed. Left a wife and two children.

ORRELL, John - 1864 – 19/11/1864 - Collier. Park Lane, Mercer and Evans, Wigan, Lancashire. Fall of roof.

ORTON George - 1865 – 16/04/1865 – Age 55 - Collier. Shelton, Earl Granville, Stoke, Staffordshire. Fall of Coal.

ORTON Henry - 1861 – 27/03/1861 – Age 31. Smith Bowburn, West Hetton, Owners of West Hetton Colliery, Ferry Hill, Durham. Crushed by the cage in trying to get out while it was moving.

ORWIN or OWEN J. - 1860 – 05/12/1860 – Age 65 - Miner. Hollingwood, R. Barrow, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Explosion of gunpowder through Orwin carelessly using it. 3 killed.

OSBALDASTON George - 1865 – 14/07/1865 – Age 23 - Miner. Wardley, Bridgewater Trust, Worsley, Lancashire. Suffocated by firedamp. The gas accumulated in consequence of his taking down the bratticing which sent air in. He was about to replace it, but instead of keeping air up with them he left his safety lamp behind and went right into the gas.

OSBORNE G. - 1861 - 28/03/1861 - Miner. Clough Hall, Executors of the late T. Kinnersley, Tunstall, Staffordshire. Waggons ran down incline whilst he was at the bottom.

OSBORNE John - 1864 - 06/04/1864 – Age 21 - Collier. Shipley, AM Mundey, Derby, Derbyshire. Fall of roof.

OSBORNE S. - 1862 - 07/06/1862 - Deputy. Oak Tree, T and I Badger, West Bromwich, Staffordshire. Fall of roof in the thin mine. Injured 23rd. Died this day.

OSBORNE William - 1867 - 12/08/1867 - Collier. Dawley, Coalbrookdale Co., Wellington, Shropshire. Fall of Coal.

OSBOURNE J. - 1866 - 03/05/1866 – Age 30 - Pikeman. Essington, Darlaston Steel and Iron Co., Wolverhampton, Staffordshire. Whilst cutting top Coal in a waste when the roof fell and killed him.

OSBURN William - 1860 - 19/06/1860 – Age 32 - Hewer. South Kelloe, R.W. Jackson, Ferry Hill, Durham. Fell out of cage in shaft.

OSMOND Thomas - 1865 - 05/10/1865 – Age 15 - Miner. Ebbw Vale (ironstone), Ebbw Vale Co., Ebbw Vale, Monmouth. Killed by fall of roof in stall.

OSMUND Henry - 1866 - 16/01/1866 – Age 17 - Miner. Sirhowy (ironstone), Ebbw Vale Co., Ltd., Ebbw Vale, Monmouth. In No7 pit a fall of ground lying between 2 known slips at right angles the apex pointing upwards. Another slip, nor previously seen, caused the fall that killed him.

OUGHTON or HOUGHTON, George - 1866 - 31/10/1866 – Age 18 - Putter. Pelton, Lord Dunsany and Partners Chester-le-Street, Durham. Killed by an explosion of firedamp in the Busty Bank Seam. 24 killed. Of Pit Houses.

OUTRAM W. - 1868 - 07/05/1868 – Age 37 - Banksman. Waleswood, Skinner and Holford, Sheffield, Yorkshire. Repairing signal wire in the shaft bottom when the cage was lowered upon him.

OVER S. - 1863 - 14/08/1863 – Age 14 - Trammer. Hawkesbury (ironstone), Executors of G Wheeldon, Bedworth, Warwick. Run over on incline.

OVERHAND G. - 1863 - 25/11/1863 - Collier. Willey Park, Gething and Co., Broseley, Staffordshire. Fall of roof.

OVERHAND W - 1869 - 14/02/1869 – Age 22 - Collier. Benthall, W and J Evans, Broseley, Staffordshire. Fall of roof.

OVERLEY J. - 1862 - 01/01/1862 – Age 13 - Boy. Snedshill (ironstone), Lilleshall Co., Wellington, Shropshire. Fall of roof.

OWEN ? - 1863 - 08/05/1863 – Age 35 - Miner. Stoneclough, Andrew Knowles and Sons, Kearsley, Lancashire. A spark exploding the powder as they were preparing a shot. 2 killed. Son, of Richard.

OWEN Charles - 1867 - 08/11/1867 – Age 47. Ferndale, David Davies and Son, Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Explosion of gas through one of the deceased taking the top off his lamp and exposing a naked light. 178 killed.

OWEN D. - 1864 - 16/06/1864 – Age 36 - Sinker. Dimmacks, P Williams and Sons, Tipton, Staffordshire. The horse in the gin took fright and snapped that portion to which he was attached whilst the deceased were descending when they were immediately precipitated to the bottom of the shaft and killed. 2 killed.

OWEN Evan - 1864 - 28/05/1864 – Age 22 - Collier. Neath, Abbey Neath, Abbey Co., Neath, Glamorgan. Fall of stone from roof.

OWEN G. - 1860 - 03/04/1860 – Age 17 - Loader. Sneyd, C and J May, Burslem, Staffordshire. Fall of Coal.

OWEN H. - 1863 - 19/11/1863 - Miner. Old Park (ironstone), Old Park Co., Wellington, Shropshire. Fall of stone.

OWEN Henry - 1868 - 26/12/1868 – Age 30 - Collier. Queen Colliery, Richard Evans and Sons, Haydock, St. Helens, Lancashire. Explosion of gas 26 killed.

OWEN Isaac - 1866 - 23/11/1866 – Age 28 - Collier. Brymbo, Messrs. Darby and Co., Wrexham, Denbigh. Fall of roof in the main Coal.

OWEN J. - 1864 - 16/02/1864 – Age 65 - Collier. Old Brownhills, W Harrison, Walsall, Staffordshire. Fell off the cage whilst descending.

OWEN James - 1869 - 21/07/1869 – Age 20 - Collier. Queen Colliery, Richard Evans and Sons, Haydock, St. Helens, Lancashire. Explosion of gas. 59 killed.

OWEN John - 1863 - 28/08/1863 – Pumpman. Pentyrch, Brooker, Cardiff, Glamorgan. In screwing a nut on the pumps the spanner slipped and he fell down the shaft.

OWEN John - 1865 - 09/07/1865 – Age 55 - Flue man. Coalbrookvale, Levick and Simpson, Monmouth. Suffocated underground by steam and gases.

OWEN John - 1867 - 08/11/1867 – Age 25. Ferndale, David Davies and Son, Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Explosion of gas through one of the deceased taking the top off his lamp and exposing a naked light. 178 killed.

OWEN John Simpson, - 1867 - 08/11/1867 – Age 28. Ferndale, David Davies and Son, Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Explosion of gas through one of the deceased taking the top off his lamp and exposing a naked light. 178 killed.

OWEN Joshua - 1860 - 12/05/1860 – Age 38 – Doggy. Gospel Oak, Grazebrook and Ashton, Tipton, Staffordshire. Explosion of firedamp. Error in the level of the gateroad had caused the water to roof and when by a gutter the water came away the gas came with it and fired at a candle near bottom of the shaft. In performing this operation they should have had a lamp. 2 killed.

OWEN Morgan - 1862 - 10/10/1862 – Age 30 - Collier. Yard, Rhymney Iron Co., Rhymney, Monmouth. Fall of roof though the poor man himself considered it safe. Died 27th.

OWEN or ORWIN J. - 1860 - 05/12/1860 – Age 65 - Miner. Hollingwood, R. Barrow, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Explosion of gunpowder through Orwin carelessly using it. 3 killed.

OWEN Owen - 1867 - 08/11/1867 – Age 17. Ferndale, David Davies and Son, Pontypridd, Glamorgan. Explosion of gas through one of the deceased taking the top off his lamp and exposing a naked light. 178 killed.

OWEN Peter - 1867 - 30/08/1867 – Age 55 - Collier. New Boston, Richard Evans and Co., Haydock, St. Helens, Lancashire. Fall of Coal.

OWEN Richard - 1863 - 08/05/1863 – Age 62 - Miner. Stoneclough, Andrew Knowles and Sons, Kearsley, Lancashire. A spark exploding the powder as they were preparing a shot. 2 killed.

OWEN Richard - 1864 - 09/12/1864 – Age 31 - Miner. Tyldesley, Tyldesley Co., (Green, Holland and Co.) Tyldesley Lancashire. Falling out of the Crumbuke mouthing in the Common pit shaft as he was about to ascend.

OWEN Robert - 1865 - 19/06/1865 - Collier. Nesfield Midland, Silkstone Co., Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Fall of roof.

OWEN Robert - 1868 - 15/09/1868 – Age 36 - Collier. Black Park, John Stott Milne and Co., Chirk, Denbigh. Fall of roof.

OWEN Thomas - 1867 - 27/12/1867 - Collier. Bwllfa, Bwllfa Coal Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Suffocation. 5 killed.

OWEN Thomas - 1868 - 20/01/1868 – Age 10 - Waggoner. Bank House Colliery, Oldham, Middleton and Rochdale Co. Ltd., Shaw, Lancashire. Caught by a waggon from which the skotch had got out of the wheel. It ran against the waggon which he and another boy were pushing up an ascending road.

OWEN Valentine - 1861 - 19/01/1861 – Age 30 - Miner. Wayngoch (ironstone), J and C Bailey, Beaufort, Monmouth. Fall of mine ground over holing.

OWEN William - 1865 - 21/03/1865 – Age 15 - Haulier. Bryncoch, Samuel Owen, Neath, Glamorgan. Run over by trams.

OWENS Abraham - 1869 - 11/08/1869 – Age 15 - Collier. Tillery Level, South Wales Colliery Co. Ltd., Abertillery, Monmouth. Fall of rock in stall.

OWENS E - 1867 - 05/09/1867 – Age 53 - Pikeman. Salt Well, Earl of Dudley, Dudley, Worcestershire. Injured by fall of patchells in thick coal caused by a bump on 31st Aug. Died this day.

OWENS John - 1868 - 23/10/1868 - Collier. Pentre Saison, Pentre Saison Co., Wrexham, Denbigh. Fall of roof.

OWENS John - 1869 - 27/03/1869 – Age 28 - Collier. Middle Duffryn, Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Co., Aberdare, Glamorgan. Killed by fall of stone.

OWENS Samuel - 1864 - 28/06/1864 – Age 28 - Roadsman. Westmuir, Robert Gray and Co., Glasgow, Lanarkshire. Fall of roof at face (while redding).

O’NEAL James - 1863 - 13/03/1863 – Age 24 - Hewer. Iveston, Derwent and Consett Iron Co., Lanchester, Durham. Fall of stone in pillar working.

OWENS Thomas - 1861 - 29/07/1861 – Age 27 - Collier. Brynpwllog, Rhymney Iron Co., Rhymney, Monmouth. As he was holing the coal fell on him through a hidden slip. Occurred 16th July Died 29th.

OWENS Thomas - 1866 - 06/01/1866 – Age 40 - Collier. Mynydd-Bach-y-Glo, Alfred Sterry, Swansea, Glamorgan. Crushed by railway trucks whist getting timber to take down the pit.

OWENS Thomas - 1867 - 19/11/1867 – Age 35 - Deputy. Cramlington Lamb, Potter and Co., Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland. Fall of stone.

OXTERBERRY Thomas - 1862 - 08/12/1862. Edmunds Main, Mitchell and Co., Barnsley, Yorkshire. Explosion of inflammable gas and vapours which were given off by a burning coal seam. 59 killed.